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[Precision Technology Promotional Contest] Prime Minister Award; Auto-Balancing Centrifuge Developed by HANAB

HANLAB (CEO Ryu Heui-Geun) is a company that develops, manufactures and sells automatic balancing centrifuges, which are widely used in basic science fields such as medicine, with its own technology.

An automatic balancing centrifuge is a device that balances the weight of a sample placed at an arbitrary position through an automatic balancing device mounted on the rotor when the sample is centrifuged.

This product eliminates the inconvenience of conventional centrifuges that require manual operation and greatly shortens centrifuge time.

In addition, remote monitoring through the Internet network enables rapid preventive maintenance and customized service for each customer.

An official of the company said, "We have developed original technology and manufacturing technology through our own technology."

"We have completed the international patent registration and filing of patents in major developed countries to target the global market."

Especially, 'Automatic balancing centrifuge for laboratory medicine' distinguishes the constituents of the sample by the specific gravity difference,

and selectively separates only the necessary components.

The device used in the medical and life sciences, and physics and chemistry sector is no need to manually mount the sample is effective to reduce the centrifugation working time by more than 30%.

It is able to prevent damage to the equipment and the sample due to the unbalance of the weight of the sample,

and it is able to reduce the secondary infection factor of the user by not performing the manual operation.

HANLAB has been established research and development institute since 2000, the year after succeeded in developing an automatic balancing centrifuge in two years.

The company said that the development of this device brought about an annual import replacement effect of more than KRW 20 billion.

"We will expand the automatic balancing function of centrifuges to industrial use in the long term," said Ryu Heui-Geun, president of the company.

"We plan to launch overseas markets in Japan and Europe from next year."

Founded in 1999 with a capital of KRW 700 million, this company is a research and development centered SME with about 25% (9 employees) of research and development personnel.

Each year, 11% of sales are invested in R & D.

The Korea Economic Daily(2005), November 9